Old Hands on Deck
Could the United States’ Arabists provide an exit strategy from Iraq?
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Crescent Schools
Pakistan
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Goma’s inhabitants go about their business alongside a lava field formed by the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in January 2002. / Photo by Geert Vanden Wijngaert (AP) Goma—“This is the …
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Master of the Guillotine
An Algerian executioner put 200 men to death. He has never lost a moment’s sleep
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Les vrais faux guides
Morocco
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Camp Nowhere
—Somewhere in the Middle East, sparkling in the desert sun, is a piece of Canada no one can really explain. It is a single plastic tiara, encrusted with fake plastic …
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havana—“The next performance will be Tightrope,” says the announcer, “who will play 100-percent improvised jazz.” Free jazz. Oh no. Two hours into the second night of Havana’s International Jazz Plaza …
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A City Without Men
Fearing death or imprisonment, Iraqi men flee their cities leaving wives and daughters to fend for themselves
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Behind the Tent
Dancing tents from Iran
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